US bank regulators such as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are open to considering whether cryptocurrency-oriented financial technology companies – fintechs – should be permitted into the…

The cryptocurrency market has been roiled ever since the Chinese government cracked down on cryptocurrency trading in early September, citing concern over potential investment risk. First, it banned the launching…

Threats to the American petrodollar, with its weakening monopoly over the oil trade and its declining status as the world’s reserve currency, are continuing to mount. The latest geopolitical/economic challenge:…

It’s no secret among gun store owners and employees and the stockholders and management of publicly-held firearms manufacturers that President Barack Obama and his fellow gun-control advocates were the best…

The European Central Bank may ask startup financial technology banks to hold more reserves and liquidity to address their particular risk profile. The ECB circulated proposed guidelines for such tech-centric…

Two analysts at the Bank of International Settlements intriguingly suggested in a new white paper that central banks could find their own digital alternative to cash helpful. “New cryptocurrencies are…